May 31
• 1948: John Bonham of Led Zeppelin is born
June 1
• 1969: During their “bed-in,” John Lennon and Yoko Ono record “Give Peace a Chance” with friends Tommy and Dick Smothers and Timothy Leary
• 1967: The Beatles release Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band in the U.S.
June 5
• 1971: Grand Funk Railroad sell out Shea Stadium in 72 hours (less time than The Beatles)
• 1983: With Barry Fey promoting the show, U2 records Live at Red Rocks: Under a Blood Red Sky, later included in Rolling Stone’s “50 Moments that Changed Rock and Roll”
June 6
• 1990: 2 Live Crew’s As Nasty As They Wanna Be LP is deemed obscene by a federal judge in Florida
